Car-fender



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G. RISCHMULLBR. UAR FENDER.

Patented Apr. 14, 1 896.V

AN DREW B GRAHAM. PHOTO-UTHQWASHI NGYDNJ) C yUNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

GEORGE RISCHMULLER, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 558,112, dated April14, 1896. Application led December 23, 1895. Serial No. 573,024. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, GEORGE RISCHMULLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new Double- Acting Automatic Car-Fender, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in car-fenders, in. which twoseparate fenders operate in conjunction with a vertically actingtrigger-bar ext-enclin g the full width of the car; and the objects ofmy improvement are, first, to prevent, if a person is struck by thehorizontal trigger-bar, the striking of his head against the body of thecar, and, secondly, to prevent persons from getting under the car whencaught lying down on the road. I attain these objects by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is aperspective view of the double fender. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a front view of the counterweight with the stud O.

Similar letters refer to similar parts througl1- out the several views.

The brackets A A are fastened to the front part of a car and connectedby a pipe B, through which a rope C is running, which keeps thetrigger-barD about seven or eight inches above the .road-bed. The spacebetween said pipes and the rope is provided with a net, so if a personis struck by the bar D he will tumble into the net, and if the topbrackets are placed at a proper height the crossbar B with the netattached will prevent the persons head from striking against the car.

Under the top brackets are fastened a pair of brackets E E', which areprovided at their front ends with a shaftF. The object of these bracketsis to keep the second fender in front of the car.

To the shaft F is pivoted a trigger-frame, consisting of the pipes G G'and the cross-bar D, whose function is to trip the secondary fender I.It will be seen that as soon as the trigger-frame is raised the stud O,which rests on the same, carries the counterweight with it, and thespring P draws the fender to the position shown by the dotted lines inFig. 2.

Each end of the shaft is provided with a casting Il H', forming acounterweight, and a support for the curved fender-bars I I. These areconnected toa pipe K, to which is fastened a canvas L. The space abovethe the canvas is provided with a net M, and this is supported by a ropeN. A stud O, pivoted to the counterweight, contacts at the lower endwith the pipe G and in kconjunction with the spring P keeps the rearfender in elevated position, as shown in Fig. 2, for it will be ob'served that the line of suspension in the dia person is caught lyingdown on the road the trigger-bar D will rise up, and consequently carrythe counterweight by means of the stud O with it. As soon as the springpasses the center of the shaft it will swiftly draw the rear fender tothe position shown by the dotted lines, and consequently the person willbe caught in the rear net.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, i`s

1. In a car-fender the combination with brackets A and E the shafts Band F journaled on the ends thereof, the tripping-frame G pivoted to theshaft F, the ropes C C, and fender-net extending between the shaft B andthe frame G and supporting the latter, the secondary fender I alsopivoted to the shaft F and suitable mechanism coacting with thetripping-frame G to drop said fender and force the same to the groundsubstantially as described.

2. In a carfender the combination with brackets A and E the shafts, Band F journaled on the ends thereof the tripping-frame G pivoted to theshaft F, the ropes C C eX- tending between the shaft B and the frame Gand supporting the latter, of the secondary fender also pivoted to theshaft -F and tension-spring P adapted to retain the fender I in anelevated positionand also to force the same, to the ground when thetripping-frame is raised substantially as described.

v GEORGE RISCHMULLER.

Witnesses:

T. E. MONTEVERDE, CEAS. D. WHEAT.

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